Making an application for the meeting to be held in private on behalf of Cleveland Police, Charles Holland said: “The incident led to a criminal investigation, and led to the arrest of two persons and an ongoing criminal investigation into these two persons, at least.

“Because we are here less than a month after that incident took place, those investigations are at the formative stage.

“No one has been charged, although it is likely that people will be charged.”

The subcommittee decided to make the meeting private, concluding some information “may put at risk future investigations” if it were in the public domain.